“A tree house should never overpower the tree in which it is built. It should sit lightly in the branches.” –Jeanie Stiles
Have you ever dreamed of having a treehouse in your backyard? Jeanie Stiles and her husband David designed a charming one for their children, beginning with the sketch you see above. Now I wish they’d design one for me!
They say it was inspired by The Lord of the Rings, but this picture makes me think more of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin in the Hundred Acre Wood than Hobbits. Can’t you just imagine Owl peeking out from one of those windows?
Click “more” below to see how the treehouse turned out:
The Stiles family treehouse was featured in the June 2007 issue of Architectural Digest, which says:
Protected from weather and adults, the kid-size interior forms a cozy hide-away, inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a favorite of the children’s.
My kids would love this. But I’m afraid that they’d have to fight me for it. I’d be sneaking up into that treehouse every afternoon with a book in one hand and a cold glass of lemonade in the other.
“Where’d Mom go?” “Did you check the treehouse?”
Via Architectural Digest. Photos by Billy Cunningham. If you like treehouses, check out Meredith’s post about three stunning examples of treehuggers over at From Here to Maine.
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OHHHHHH!!! This is your best house yet!!!
OH! This is my fav house ever featured. I want to move in now…right now! I want a tree house!!!!…..please…please…please. It isn’t working…..back to reality. ” Honey did you pay the mortgage on this ordinary house we live in?”
Wow! I’d be up there with you.
Put a computer in there and I’d never leave!!
I love it! At first I was confused about how it was inspired by Lord of the Rings too. But it reminds me of the houses in Carmel, CA which we used to call Hobbit Houses, so I guess it makes sense to me now. In MY head. lol I have to find my Hobbit House pictures….
This is heavenly. When I was little I always wanted a special place–a club house, a tree house, a play house. Sometimes I would just set up a card table, throw a blanket over it, and crawl in with my crayons and paperdolls. This treehouse would make you never want to grow up.
That’s awesome! My kids would LOVE that. Until the spiders moved in.
And I totally agree! Very Hundred Acre Woods-ish.
Guess what??? I’m heading back to Ikea today!
Very, very cool!
Cute….
Our tree house is more of a fort !
This is wonderful! Thanks for visiting my blog!
I would love a tree that big in my yard for a beautiful tree house! I agree, I would be sneaking off to that spot all the time!
Oyyy!! I always wanted a tree house so badly for my youngest son…Sadly, our yard is so small, with no large trees.
Hubby and I are actually in the “design phase” of planning a playhouse for our daughter. This is a wee bit more realistic, even though it will take up the remaining tiny corner of our yard!!
This was fun!
Linda
Wow! I would be spending all my time in that tree house.
I must’ve missed this post. Even at my age, I’d love a treehouse like that - somewhere to go sit and read books and drink iced tea. Heaven.